Rake.



H. T. KINGSBURY. RAKE.

APPLICATION IILEDJULY 11,1912.

1,100,574. Patented June 16, 1914 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY T. KINGSBURY, OF KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

RAKE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY T. KINGsBURY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Keene, in the county ofCheshire, State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rakes, of which the following is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the figures ofreference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in rakes, and particularly towooden rakes of the lawn, hay or toy type.

The invention consists particularly in the manner of connecting andsecuring the bows or braces to the handle and head of the rake, wherebygreater strength is secured.

The invention, therefore, consists primarily of a rake, the bows orbraces of which are formed with lugs, which when the bows are set inproper position, take into or look into the wood of the handle, the endsof the bows being passed into the head, and clenched or headed on theoutside thereof.

The invention is illustrated in accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in section, of a rake constructedin accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail view of the bow; andFig. 3 is a view illustrating the manner of securing the teeth in place.Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view through the bow and handle.

In these drawings, 1 represents the head of the rake having the teeth 2,and into which the handle 3 is mortised. The teeth are held in place bywire pins 41, which are driven directly from the coil of wire into thewood and cut off.

The wire bow or brace 5 is formed as shown, each end being pointed as at6, and at its central portion are raised lugs 7 herein shown as two oneach face, forming teeth. The bow is inserted through the hole 8 in thehandle with the projection 7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 17, 1912.

Patented June 16, 1914.

Serial No. 710,048.

parallel with the grain of the wood, a turn is then given the bow, whichcauses the projection or teeth to firmly bite into the wood and lock thebow in place. The pointed ends of the bow are then inserted throughholes 9 in the head, which are pricked through with a taper drill, andthe ends of the bow headed as shown. The number of bows or braces useddepends, of course, on the character and size of the rake. It will beseen that by this construction a very strong article is produced at aminimum of cost of material and labor.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure, by Letters Patent, is

1. In a rake, the combination with a head and a handle, of a bow securedto the head and having a lug on that portion thereof which passesthrough the handle of less width than the handle, whereby when said bowis inserted in the handle and turned, said lug will be embedded in thehandle and hold said handle from slipping on the bow.

.2. In a rake, the combination of a head and a handle, of a bow securedto the head and extending through an opening in the handle, said bowhaving a lug thereon extending at an angle to the plane of the bow andof less width than the thickness of the handle, whereby said bow may beinserted through the handle with the lug extending in the direction ofthe grain of the handle and then said how turned to engage the head,which turning of the bow causes said lug to be embedded in the handleand hold the handle from slipping on the bow.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature 1n the presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY T. KINGSBURY.

Witnesses:

WV. L. MASON, JOHN E. ALLEN.

Copies of this patent may he obtained. for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. G.

